Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 1468 1.5K

poison detective investigation murder meditative mysterious

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Plot summary

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

Director

William Nigh Photo
William Nigh

Top cast

Wheaton Chambers Photo
Wheaton Chambers as Chemistry Lab Director
Evelyn Brent Photo
Evelyn Brent as Olga
Lester Dorr Photo
Lester Dorr as Coroner
Lee Tung Foo Photo
Lee Tung Foo as Tchin
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628.21 MB
960*720
English 2.0
Passed
24 fps
1 hr 8 min
Seeds 2
1.14 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
Passed
24 fps
1 hr 8 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 5 / 10

An almost comically heavily made-up Boris Karloff is

An almost comically heavily made-up Boris Karloff is all that stands between this mediocre murder-mystery and total obscurity. He portrays the super-sleuth "Mr. Wong" on the trail of a murderer who has killed at least three people. Our difficulty here is that the lighting and audio are so basic, that it is virtually impossible for us to follow the story at all, much less draw any conclusions of our own. We are essentially led - child-like - through this rather theatrical drama with no opportunity to participate. I guess the budget would her been minimal, and I'm glad I've seen it - but more for the sake of late 30s cinema than for anything memorable.
Reviewed by psychoren2002 7 / 10

Boris Karloff is Chinese!!!

In the great tradition of Chinese detectives as Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto, Boris Karloff's Mr. Wong was a solid addition to that venerable kind of films. Is really difficult to think in Karloff as a Chinese person, but the British actor delivers a solid performance, if you can dig his weird accent. The plot is simple, the strange murders are against logic, but Mr. Wong's patience and intelligence can solve the mystery. The other actors are far below Karloff, but the overall fell of the movie is candid and likable. Another completely different Mr. Wong was played before by Bela Lugosi, a villain, but this detective deserves your interest if you are a fan of the genre.
Reviewed by gridoon 6 / 10

Slow, but clever.

Considering its age (almost 65 years old), this movie has held up reasonably well. Granted, it is a bit slow and dull (it runs only 69 minutes but it feels MUCH longer), and Boris Karloff is not convincing, of course, as an Oriental. However, he does capture the Oriental philosophy of his character, and the plotting itself (particularly the killing method) is ingenious, worthy of a fine crime novel. (**1/2)
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